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12/01/2026
The 10-second reset that changes everything đż
Karen Canham is on the Bend Like Bamboo podcast, and she shares a game-changing practice that takes just 10 seconds every hour.
Hereâs the truth about focus and performance:
You canât sustain high performance when your nervous system is constantly in overdrive.
That brain fog by 2pm? The reactivity in meetings? The feeling of being perpetually âonâ?
Your nervous system needs regular resets.
Karenâs simple practice:
Every hour, take 10 seconds to pause and regulate.
10 seconds to breathe deeply.
10 seconds to come back to your body.
10 seconds to shift from reactive to responsive.
This isnât about productivity hacks. This is about nervous system regulation that creates sustainable focus, clarity, and performance.
The ripple effect? Better decisions. Clearer thinking. More presence with your team.
Because you canât lead from an exhausted nervous system.
This is bending like bamboo in real time - flexible enough to pause, strong enough to regulate, thriving through the demands of leadership.
Listen to the full conversation about nervous system regulation and its ripple effect đ§
Whatâs your nervous system regulation practice? đ
09/01/2026
Hereâs what us leaders can get wrong:
We can think asking for help is a sign of weakness.
But if you look at the worldâs most successful leaders:
Every one of them has coaches. Not because theyâre failing - because theyâre committed to sustainable excellence.
The truth is:
The best leaders arenât the ones who have all the answers.
Theyâre the ones who refuse to burn out alone.
A great coach doesnât just give you strategies.
They help you regulate your nervous system, align with your values, and lead from strength instead of stress.
If the people at the top rely on coaching... what does that tell us?
Leadership isnât about perfection.
Itâs about sustainable performance.
As we step into 2026, I want to remind you of the wisdom bamboo holds for us all.
Bamboo doesnât resist the wind - it bends with it. It doesnât fight the storm - it flows through it. And when the pressure lifts, it springs back stronger than before.
This year, may you embrace the power of flexibility over force.
May you bend without breaking.
May you stay rooted in what truly matters while adapting to whatever comes your way.
May you choose growth over rigidity, flow over resistance, and thriving over merely surviving.
2026 is your year to:
đż Release what no longer serves you
đż Trust your resilience
đż Lead with flexibility and strength
đż Heal what needs healing
đż Thrive in ways you never thought possible
Remember: The bamboo doesnât become strong by resisting the storm. It becomes unbreakable by learning to bend.
Hereâs to a year of bending like bamboo - flexible, resilient, and beautifully strong.
Thank you for being part of this incredible community. Your courage to choose flexibility inspires me every day.
Happy New Year, beautiful souls. Letâs make 2026 extraordinary together. đ
#2026
22/12/2025
The daily practice that changes everything đż
Matt Rowe is back on the Bend Like Bamboo podcast for the third time, and in this conversation we dive deep into why mastering emotional flow is critical to your health, wellbeing, and ability to thrive.
Hereâs what most people miss:
You canât just suppress emotions and expect to stay healthy. You canât just push through stress and expect to thrive.
Emotions need to flow. In. Through. And out.
When we block that flow, our bodies hold the stress. Our nervous systems stay stuck. Our health declines.
Mastering emotional flow means having a daily practice that asks two simple questions:
What am I letting go of today?
What am I moving towards?
This isnât just journalling. This is conscious choice. Itâs The Bamboo Method.
Every morning, you choose what beliefs, patterns, and stress youâre releasing. And you choose what growth, healing, and possibility youâre moving towards.
This is how Matt works with his clients in Optimal Body, Optimal Mind.
This is the foundation of my Bamboo program for chronic conditions, for executives and leaders.
Because whether youâre healing your body or optimising your performance, the principle is the same: emotional flow is essential.
When you integrate this daily practice, youâre not just managing emotions - youâre mastering them. Youâre becoming conscious. Youâre choosing your direction.
This is how you thrive as a human being.
Listen to our full conversation đ§
What are you letting go of today? What are you moving towards? đ
Matt Rowe is back on the Bend Like Bamboo podcast for the third time, and this conversation reveals something most people miss about why healing stalls.
As coaches, Matt and I see this pattern constantly:
Youâre doing everything right. The treatments. The diet. The exercise. But your health keeps declining.
Why?
Because deep in your subconscious, there are beliefs that conflict with your healing goals.
Beliefs like:
⢠âIâm not worthy of being healthyâ
⢠âIâll never get betterâ
⢠âMy body has betrayed meâ
⢠âHealing isnât possible for meâ
These arenât conscious thoughts. Theyâre running quietly in the background, sabotaging every effort you make.
Our job as coaches isnât just to give you tools and strategies.
Our job is to reveal these hidden beliefs so you can finally address whatâs really keeping you stuck.
Matt recovered to complete an Ironman. I recovered from MS paralysis at 29 despite the odds.
We both know: your body can heal. But first, your mind needs to believe itâs possible.
This is the work that changes everything.
Listen to our full conversation about mind-body healing, the subconscious beliefs that block recovery, and how to finally break free đ§
What belief about your healing needs to shift? đ
17/12/2025
đ âEach morning, you get to choose your mental environment. Will it be one of stress or one of growth?
You have more control than you think.â đż
Your body isnât betraying you - itâs speaking to you.
Those chronic symptoms, the exhaustion, the pain that wonât shift - theyâre all signals that your nervous system is stuck in stress mode.
But hereâs the truth: You have more power than you realise.
Every morning, you get to choose. Will you stay stuck in the stress thatâs keeping you sick? Or will you choose growth, healing, and transformation?
The HEAL program helps you:
⨠Shift from stress to healing at the nervous system level
⨠Clear the emotional blocks keeping you stuck
⨠Address root causes, not just symptoms
⨠Reconnect with your bodyâs innate wisdom
⨠Choose growth every single day
Through kinesiology and nervous system healing, we get to the root cause in weeks, not years.
You donât have to stay stuck. Your body is ready to heal - are you ready to listen?
You didnât climb to the top just to burn out at the summit. đż
Hereâs the trap I see with every CEO I work with: You built your success by pushing through. And now? That same strategy is destroying you.
The late nights. The constant stress. The feeling that if you slow down for even a second, everything will fall apart.
Youâre not weak. Youâre not failing. Youâre just using strategies that worked when you had less on the line.
THRIVE isnât about doing less - itâs about performing better with less burnout.
We teach your nervous system to respond from strength, not reactivity.
Through the THRIVE program:
⨠Reduce stress without sacrificing performance
⨠Align your leadership with your core values
⨠Remove operational friction draining your energy
⨠Lead strategically instead of reactively
⨠Build sustainable success that energises you
This is bending like bamboo in leadership: Flexible enough to adapt. Strong enough to thrive. Rooted in sustainable success.
Want to lead without losing yourself? Letâs talk.
From spinal surgery to Ironman finish line đââď¸đ´ââď¸đââď¸
Matt Rowe is back on the podcast with a story that proves your diagnosis doesnât have to be your destiny.
The odds: 90% muscle loss in his right leg. Spinal surgery with a 50/50 chance of paralysis from the waist down.
His response: Sign up for an Ironman 2.5 years before his body was ready.
That commitment changed everything.
What Matt discovered:
đż Your brain needs a destination before your body can find the path
đż Neural pathways grow 1mm per day - healing takes patience
đż The mind must lead before the body can follow
First bike ride? 10 miles of struggle.
His mantra? âIâm getting stronger.â
One pedal stroke at a time. One day at a time.
Now through his Optimal Body, Optimal Mind program, Matt helps others combine physical exercises with mindset work to rewire their brains and rebuild their bodies.
Because healing starts in your mind.
Listen to Mattâs full story đ§
What impossible goal is waiting for you? đ
12/12/2025
Your bladder urgency? Your chronic fatigue? Theyâre not random. đż
I went from MS paralysis at 29 to building a life I love. And hereâs what I learned: your body isnât betraying you - itâs trying to tell you something.
That constant urgency every 10 minutes? The exhaustion that wonât lift? The symptoms that make you plan your whole life around bathrooms and rest?
Theyâre signals. Your nervous system is stuck in survival mode.
The HEAL program gets to the root cause in weeks, not years.
We restore calm to your nervous system first, then unblock whatâs been keeping you stuck.
Through kinesiology and nervous system healing, we address:
⨠Chronic symptoms at their root
⨠Emotional blocks holding you back
⨠Your bodyâs stuck stress patterns
⨠What traditional medicine hasnât solved
You donât have to live this way. Your body is speaking - are you ready to listen?
Ready to listen to what your bodyâs really saying?
The missing piece in your healing journey đ§ đŞ
Matt Rowe is back on the Bend Like Bamboo podcast for the third time - and this conversation might change everything you thought you knew about healing and performance.
What we dive into:
đż The science behind mind-body connection (BDNF + Acetylcholine = your healing superpower)
đż Why your brain needs to lead before your body can follow
đż Mattâs new program: Optimal Body, Optimal Mind - combining physical exercises with daily mindset reinforcement
đż How he went from paralysis to completing an Ironman
đż The 1% philosophy that creates massive transformation over time
The breakthrough insight:
Your thoughts arenât just in your head - theyâre literally creating neural pathways that either support your healing or keep you stuck. Every time you tell yourself âIâm getting stronger,â youâre watering the seed of possibility in your brain.
Mattâs powerful reminder:
âWhere you are right now is exactly where you need to be. You are possible. The amazing will happen if you allow the amazing to flow through you.â
This isnât about pushing harder. Itâs about rewiring smarter.
Listen to the full episode đ§
Whatâs one affirmation you tell yourself daily? đ
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Welcome to Bend Like Bamboo, specialising in optimising health and recovery from stress, illness or any setback in life. To bend like bamboo is to bend in change with resilience.
In 2009 Amanda Campbell suffered a major MS attack that left her paralysed and was given a 50% chance of ever walking again. Unprepared to accept this as her fate, Amanda learned to focus on what she wanted instead of what she was scared of. With a lot of determination and the help of her doctors and a Kinesiologist, within six weeks, she stunned us all by not only walking, but running.
This prompted her to swap a fast-paced career in the fashion industry to go back to study to enable her to understand how she achieved her recovery.
Having become an accredited Sports Kinesiologist, Amanda founded Bend Like Bamboo www.bendlikebamboo.com her private practice in 2013, where Amanda has dedicated her life helping others rebuild their lives from illness and stress. Bend Like Bamboo specialises in helping people to bend with change with resilience to optimise their health. Amanda sees clients recovering from Autoimmune disease, setbacks and physical symptoms.
Amanda co-founded Nourissh www.nourissh.com with her partner and VinoMofo in 2014, delivering ready-made meals to people across Melbourne, after she discovered the role ethically sourced and nutrient dense food played in her recovery.
Taking a balanced approach, Amanda believes that nourishing her body on a cellular level, feeling good emotionally and connecting with herself again, gave her the best chance of recovery and living a happy fulfilling life.
As a Speaker www.amandacampbell.com.au Amanda Campbell speaks at events and businesses to educate and inspire others about why they should care. She believes that you can make a transformation in your life and that renewal can be possible if you give your body the right environment it needs. Amanda has inspired Australianâs to not only prevent poor health, but also to reset from an illness or any setback in life. To Bend like bamboo is to bend with all the change that life brings with resilience, and evolve constantly to be the best you.
Bend like Bamboo at work is a health and wellbeing program, that empowers busy women and men, to optimise their physical and mental health. In a workshop designed to inspire and educate your team to optimise their mindset, they can maximise productivity and happiness in the workplace, building inner resilience as a result.
